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SUMMARY:Does this Map Still Count? - Renad Mansour
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CONTACT:Dr Katherine Bowers
DESCRIPTION:It is often argued that the modern map of the Middle East was 
 constructed along arbitrary lines by foreign powers following World War On
 e. These lines were obsessively held together by strong autocratic central
  governments throughout the 20th Century. In the past decade\, however\, t
 he boundaries of several Middle Eastern states have been questioned. This 
 talk discusses the merits of this debate by focusing on three case studies
 : Iraq\, Syria\, and Lebanon. All three states are now decentralized and e
 thnically and religiously heterogeneous in an era when identities and sect
 arianism define politics . 
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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